African Moths Gambia


     

Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hubner, 1818)

 

SYNONYMS
Haematia phoenicalis, Rhodaria panopealis, Rhodaria probalis, Rhodaria catenalis, Rhodaria ocellusalis, Rhodaria juncturalis, Rhodaria concatenalis, Botys coecilialis, Myriostephes heliamma, Pyrausta panopealis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 42
adsocialis, amelokalis, ankaratralis, apicalis, arabica,bilineaterminalis, bostralis, bouveti, centralis, childrenalis, cinnamonealis, distictalis, flavimarginalis, flavipunctalis, fulvilinealis, gazalis, gemmiferalis, grisealis, griveaudalis, haematidalis, interfixalis, kandalis, lambomakandroalis, laristanalis, luteomarginalis, marginepunctalis, melanocera, microdontaloides, pastrinalis, perparvula, peyrieralis, phoenicealis, sanguifusalis, semilimbalis, sexplagialis, sthenialis, subflavalis, syntomidalis, terminalis, tetraplagialis, venilialis, violascens,



DISTRIBUTION
Comoros, DRCongo, Gambia, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Hyptis pectinata, Hyptis capitata, Hyptis brevipes, Coleus, Rosmarinus officinalis, Dicerandra frutescens,

 

 

Pyrausta phoenicealis
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Photo © R.Goff
 
Photo © R.Goff
Underside (GM)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
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Photo © J. Heyns
Live (GM)
 
 
Distribution Map
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